Arrow-Catcher

Shield Way · tier 2 · Wall

Linden is soft wood. Let it drink the arrows.

Mode: Oath
Used with: Shield
Stamina: none
Cooldown: none
Price: 420 gold
Needs first: Guarded Step

What it does

Projectiles your raised shield takes cost no block stamina, and the guard's arc against projectiles is 160 degrees instead of 120. Each caught projectile (arrow, bolt, thrown blade, javelin, web, snowball, a wraith's bolt; never a lobbed bomb, a cloud or a spike) gives +1 Brace, at most one per 0.5 s. Caught arrows and bolts stick in the linden (up to 6 drawn) until the next Boss blow shakes them off. Melee blows cost stamina as usual.

Edge: Full Quiver

Each caught projectile also gives back 3 stamina.